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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Andrew Taylor, who quit as a longtime AP Capitol Hill reporter this spring, says he doubts traditional journalism can now properly cover dysfunction in Congress — Andrew Taylor began his journalism career in the late 1980s, clipping newspaper articles for the politics reporters at Congressional Quarterly.
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@mikedebonis, @karlbode, @davecclarke, @aalali44, @lisatozzi, @johnrobinson, @tvietor08, @devlinbarrett, @jrubinblogger, @dankennedy_nu, @jpritchardap, @jswatz, @blueboxdave, @bgrueskin, @dalepoak, @erika_d_smith, @sulliview, @dgleick, @kimmasters, @marceelias, @mateosfo, @mkraju, @brandi_buchman, @jrubinblogger, @lukebroadwater, @davecclarke, @davewiner, @jayrosen_nyu, @carolleonnig, @danrather, @ianbassin, @michaelsderby and @sewellchan
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Mike DeBonis / @mikedebonis: >@APAndrewTaylor talks to @Sulliview on why he said goodbye to all that. Worth a read, especially for those of us left behind. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: @Sulliview consistently and excellently covers the steady decline of this ridiculous republic https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Dave Clarke / @davecclarke: For journalist Andrew Taylor, January 6 was the final straw — but he had watched a crisis brew for years. @Sulliview on @APAndrewTaylor https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Adam / @aalali44: This @Sulliview column is very good: “he has become increasingly worried that traditional reporting can't — or at least doesn't — tell the full, disturbing story.” https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Tozzi / @lisatozzi: “The rules of objective journalism require you to present facts to tell a true story but the objective-journalism version of events can often obscure the reality of what's really going on.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Robinson / @johnrobinson: Truth👇 “As he sees it, the typical practices of putting everything that happens in the context of normal behavior, of giving ‘both sides’ an almost-equal say, and describing events in a neutral tone has an overall, damaging effect. “Put simply: 'It sanitizes things.'l https://twitter.com/...
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: “He leaves daily journalism disgusted by what Congress has become and traumatized by the Jan. 6 riot...He also leaves the profession doubtful that traditional, objective-style journalism is up to the job of covering today's politics and government.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Devlin Barrett / @devlinbarrett: Congress was already beginning to change long before Jan. 6, he said. “I was there when the wheels came off,” he told me, during the Obama era, when the tea-party caucus of conservative House members seized increasing influence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jennifer ‘pro-voting’ Rubin / @jrubinblogger: would love for him to become a consultant, taking newsrooms through what they are doing, why it obscures reality and how they can reorient themselves to truth telling and defense of democracy https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: Seems to me that the problem here has more to do with the AP than with objectivity, whose essence is seeking the truth and reporting it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Justin Pritchard / @jpritchardap: In which @AP congressional reporter Andrew Taylor explains to @Sulliview his decision to stop covering the Hill after decades as one of the most expert voices in the press gallery. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Schwartz / @jswatz: “...the typical practices of putting everything that happens in the context of normal behavior, of giving ‘both sides’ an almost-equal say, and describing events in a neutral tone has an overall, damaging effect.” “Put simply: ‘It sanitizes things.’” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Marcus / @blueboxdave: Traditional, objective style journalism is a myth and it always has been. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Longtime reporter @APAndrewTaylor used to love the “sanctity” of the Capitol but he tells @Sulliview that it has turned into “a real cesspool” — and that traditional journalism doesn't fully capture how terrible it is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dale Oak / @dalepoak: Nice piece on @APAndrewTaylor, one of the best at covering Capitol Hill. And I totally get why he left. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Erika D. Smith / @erika_d_smith: “The rules of objective journalism require you to present facts to tell a true story but the objective-journalism version of events can often obscure the reality of what's really going on.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Daniel Gleick / @dgleick: Important story about a veteran Capitol Hill reporter and whether the press industry is equipped to handle today's politics. “The objective-journalism version of events can often obscure the reality of what's really going on.” https://twitter.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: For years I believed strongly in the old-school approach. But as this veteran observes, it's clearly failing in the Trump era: “The objective-journalism version of events can often obscure the reality.” https://twitter.com/...
Marc E. Elias / @marceelias: “He also leaves the profession doubtful that traditional, objective-style journalism is up to the job of covering today's politics and government.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@mateosfo: I don't see how any honest reporter in DC could do anything else: Stay on the job and pretend everything's OK; stay on the job, try to write honestly, and have Republican brownshirts threaten your family; or quit, and send out a warning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Manu Raju / @mkraju: Nice piece on Capitol Hill legend @APAndrewTaylor. “I've been covering the Hill for a long, long time, and the Hill right now to an unacceptably large extent is a real cesspool,” he says https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brandi Buchman / @brandi_buchman: He has particularly harsh words for House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, as prominent among those in Congress whose “approach to their jobs is too often bad-faith bull—” https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer ‘pro-voting’ Rubin / @jrubinblogger: putting everything that happens in the context of normal behavior, of giving ‘both sides’ an almost-equal say, and describing events in a neutral tone has an overall, damaging effect. Put simply: “It sanitizes things.” Or it's just a lie https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@lukebroadwater: On Jan. 6, I was a fairly new reporter on the Hill when the mob broke in and we were ordered to evacuate the Senate. I had no idea where to go or what the evacuation route might be. @APAndrewTaylor sensed this, and told me to follow him. Grateful for him. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Clarke / @davecclarke: When I worked with @APAndrewTaylor at CQ and then later competed against him - I didn't win much! - he was as fair and knowledgeable a reporter as you would find. No cheap shots, no hyperbole. His words are a real indictment of Congress and lay out the challenges of covering it.
Dave Winer / @davewiner: For journalist Andrew Taylor, January 6 was the final straw, but he had watched a crisis brew for years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Longtime Capitol Hill reporter quits after Jan. 6, “doubtful that traditional, objective-style journalism is up to the job of covering today's politics and government.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... It normalizes and sanitizes, he believes, and “can often obscure the reality.”
Carol Leonnig / @carolleonnig: Another @Sulliview must read. The pathetic state of Congress, through the eyes of one of its most veteran reporters. He left because he doesn't think reporting the facts is enough to help fix the widening fissures in our democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Rather / @danrather: I vital read and share, especially for journalists. This calls into question a lot of how things have been done, by a true pro of the profession. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ian Bassin / @ianbassin: “As he sees it the typical practices of putting everything that happens in the context of normal behavior, of giving ‘both sides’ an almost-equal say, and describing events in a neutral tone has an overall, damaging effect.” @Sulliview must read. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Axios names Sara Kehaulani Goo as EIC, as it readies niche paid newsletters product Axios Pro; source: Axios is on track to make ~$85M in revenue this year — - Axios named Sara Kehaulani Goo and Aja Whitaker-Moore editor-in-chief and executive editor, respectively.
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Sara Kehaulani Goo / @sarakgoo: Today, I'm excited to share the news about my new role as editor-in-chief at @Axios and that @AjaWMoore will be our new executive editor. Together with @AxiosNick we have big plans for continued growth. I'm honored and so proud to lead this newsroom 🚀🚀🚀https:// www.businessinsider.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 🚨 @sarakgoo is the new editor-in-chief of @axios https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... via @businessinsider
Russell Contreras / @russcontreras: Exciting news for @Axios. @sarakgoo is our new editor-in-chief and @AjaWMoore is our new executive editor. My newsroom is headed by women of color. We 🔥 @aaja @nabj https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jason Ubay / @jubay: Congrats! Great to see a Hawaiian running a newsroom. Meanwhile, in Hawaii... https://twitter.com/...
Emma Carew Grovum / @emmacarew: Sara is a badass, she's always had ferocity and kindness for me when we've met and spoken and caught up through the years. There is no finer leader for a newsroom than @sarakgoo and I'm so thrilled that the Axios folks know that. https://twitter.com/...
Glen Johnson / @byglenjohnson: So psyched for this leadership team. News leaders. Human beings. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: The top two newsroom jobs at @axios now belong to women of color https://apnews.com/...
B. Allen-Ebrahimian / @bethanyallenebr: Big @sarakgoo fan here, super excited that she been promoted to Axios editor in chief! https://twitter.com/...
Jim VandeHei / @jimvandehei: And we have a new Executive Editor @axios! @AjaWMoore is a calm, brilliant leader who crushed it running our business team. https://twitter.com/...
Jim VandeHei / @jimvandehei: We have a new editor-in-chief @axios! @sarakgoo is a gem and one of the most entrepreneurial newsroom leaders in the game today... https://twitter.com/...
Mariam Ahmed / Talking Biz News: Axios announces new EIC and executive editor
Niala / @nialaboodhoo: My newsroom is now run by not one, but two women of color, who are amazing journalists, leaders and just good people. #ThisisAxios Attn: @AAJA @NABJ. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 🚨 @fgdrumond is now the Chief Business Officer of @axios https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... via @businessinsider
Hope / @lisahopeking: There are many things I want to say about this announcement and what it means to me personally, professionally and to this industry. But for now congratulations @AjaWMoore @sarakgoo on your amazing work and leadership!!!!! I am so excited to see @axios grow and grow well. https://twitter.com/...
Aja Whitaker-Moore / @ajawmoore: I couldn't ask for a better team, better mentors, or a better place to do great journalism. We are just getting started so stay tuned! https://twitter.com/...
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: The next chapter for Axios: after hinting paid newsletters for years, it's launching 3 — on fintech, retail, and healthtech. @AxiosNick is moving to a newly-created publisher to oversee “Axios Pro” and a local news expansion. @sarakgoo is the new EIC https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Filmmakers of HBO's The Jinx feel “very gratified” after Robert Durst's murder conviction, as lawyers on both sides acknowledge the documentary's key role — Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki was in the middle of an interview Friday when he got a text message years in the making …
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New York Times, The Guardian, Insider, Associated Press, Los Angeles Magazine and The Wrap
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Charles V. Bagli / New York Times: Robert Durst Found Guilty of Murder After Decades of Suspicion
Edward Helmore / The Guardian: ‘Durst is where he belongs’: Jinx producer says real estate heir wanted to be stopped
Alia Shoaib / Insider: Wealthy ‘psychopath’ who killed his best friend, once went into hiding, disguised as a mute woman
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: ‘The Jinx’ Director Andrew Jarecki Applauds Robert Durst's Murder Conviction
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The 2016 Indianapolis Star investigation of Larry Nassar, which led to the recent Senate hearings with Olympic gymnasts, shows local newspapers' enduring impact — Local newspapers may be struggling, but they are still publishing journalism that makes a difference
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@mirinfader, @chrisrgibbs, @chadlivengood, @markseibel, @elaheizadi, @niemanlab, @nickkristof, @brian_haenchen, @davidcayj, @journalistslike, @newshawk, @itsmelissabrown, @ahofschneider, @dianamoskovitz, @bymarisak, @khafner15, @brianmrosenthal, @lindsay_schnell, @fatimathefatima, @indypressclub, @lukesmithf1, @washingtonpost, @amyjbrittain, @kelleyroot, @fergusonnews, @elaheizadi, @wesleylowery, @seungminkim and Mediaite
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Mirin Fader / @mirinfader: “The real heroes are the people whose stories we tell.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Chris Gibbs / @chrisrgibbs: ✔The project underscores the crucial role that local and regional newspapers have in producing significant investigative journalism, as these papers “are in the best position a lot of times to learn about these stories and go after them,” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Chad Livengood / @chadlivengood: The Indianapolis Star “adjusted its budget and scaled back on sending sports reporters on the road to fund” its investigation of USA Gymnastics and #LarryNassar A must-read piece on how The @indystar broke the Nassar scandal wide open: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mark Seibel / @markseibel: Inspiring look at why local newspapers deserve support. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@elaheizadi: Simone Biles said she learned the ‘magnitude’ of the gymnastics abuse scandal from an Indianapolis Star article. Here's how the newspaper uncovered the story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@niemanlab: Getting those stories took nearly the full-time effort of three reporters over a year, trips to 14 states and legal challenges mounted by Gannett. Evans recalled how the paper scaled back on sending sports reporters on the road to fund the project. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Nicholas Kristof / @nickkristof: Institution after institution failed American gymnasts suffering sexual assaults: the FBI, the Olympic system, USA Gymnastics and so on. But one did its job: the press, in the form of the Indianapolis Star. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Cay Johnston / @davidcayj: Absolutely right, having done stories that had a huge impact but it took three years in one case and 10 in the other for the powerful results to occur. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Leyden / @newshawk: The basics of journalism: Get a tip, check it out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Melissa Brown / @itsmelissabrown: There are so many different types and timelines of “impact” and I wish we were better at acknowledging that as an industry https://twitter.com/...
Anita Hofschneider / @ahofschneider: “One study found that even before the pandemic triggered further cutbacks, nearly 6,000 journalism jobs and 300 newspapers had vanished since 2018.” https://twitter.com/...
Diana Moskovitz / @dianamoskovitz: Yes to all of this. It reminds me of the tradition of major publications dropping their biggest stories in December — not because that's the best time for readers or impact, but because they want to hit the Pulitzer deadline. https://twitter.com/...
Marisa Kwiatkowski / @bymarisak: Thank you to The Washington Post for a lovely article about our work. As always, @starwatchtim said it best: The survivors “were the real heroes, who stepped out of their comfort zones and going out on a limb to do the right thing to stop a monster.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Katherine Hafner / @khafner15: “The real loss ... is having fewer journalists covering the day-to-day working of public institutions — the kind of ‘beat’ reporting that leads to reporters getting tips. 'You can't just parachute into a big story. A lot of it has to come organically in daily or beat coverage.'” https://twitter.com/...
Brian M. Rosenthal / @brianmrosenthal: “What finally started this reckoning and ended this decades-long cycle of abuse was investigative reporting.” Another reminder that @ByMarisaK, @StarWatchTim, @MarkAlesia and team are heroes https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lindsay Schnell / @lindsay_schnell: So damn proud to call @byMarisaK a colleague. Journalism matters so. Really hope everyone who reads this story is inspired to subscribe to their local outlet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Fatima Hussein / @fatimathefatima: Worked at @indystar while this investigation was ongoing and witnessed what real journalism looks like under this fine group of journalists. Glad to see they're getting the recognition they deserve. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Indianapolis Press Club / @indypressclub: After hearing several Olympic gymnasts' testimony this week in the US Senate, the @washingtonpost reminds us why local journalism matters @indystar along with journalists @byMarisaK @starwatchtim @StevenBerta @markalesia @bobscheer https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Luke Smith / @lukesmithf1: An important read on a difficult subject, but proving the real, meaningful impact of journalism on people's lives - what it is all about https://twitter.com/...
@washingtonpost: While testifying about her abuse, Simone Biles blamed a system that kept her in the dark: “I didn't understand the magnitude of what all was happening until the Indianapolis Star published its article in the fall of 2016.” Here's how it got the story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Amy Brittain / @amyjbrittain: Hard to think of a better example of the power of investigative journalism than that of the dogged work of Indy Star reporters to expose the Larry Nassar/USAG abuse story. “The real heroes are the people whose stories we tell,” @starwatchtim says. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Kelley Root / @kelleyroot: Biles: “I didn't understand the magnitude of what all was happening until the Indianapolis Star published its article.” This isn't just another yay-journalism moment. It's truly life-changing impact & it's worth noting. Kudos to these brave young women for speaking out. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Ferguson / @fergusonnews: Local journalism making the difference https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: one of the strongest arguments for divorcing journalism awards from strict “within the last year” timelines: the Indy Star's Nassar reporting deserved every award in journalism...but the “impact” didn't occur within the same calendar year as publication https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Behind Andrew Neil's departure from GB News as sources say he was in a legal battle with the channel from mid-July over his contract believed to be £700K/year — Sources say presenter was in legal battle with rightwing channel's bosses over his £700,000-a-year contract
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Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: If it sounds Foxy but they say no, straight news just less woke, it will become Foxier over time. This is about @GBNEWS in the UK. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... In the US keep your eye on NewsNation via Nexstar. https://twitter.com/...
James McManus / @jamesmcmanus1: Incredibly bleak. It is genuinely hilarious seeing so many people hung out to dry by their own hubris though. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@docrussjackson: Divisive right-wing propagandist in legal struggle with divisive right-wing propaganda channel, while divisive right-wing billionaire media-baron is set to launch another divisive right-wing propaganda channel featuring right-wing propagandists amplifying right-wing propaganda. https://twitter.com/...
Bede Kelleher / @bedeapk: The schadenfreude for the failure of both Neil and Frangopolous is delicious https://twitter.com/...
Hussein Kesvani / The Guardian: Now Andrew Neil has left GB News, I'm selflessly volunteering to replace him
@docrussjackson: Andrew Neil ‘was locked in legal battle’ with GB News after trying to renegotiate & then exit a four-year contract said to be worth about £700K/yr. CEO Angelos Frangopoulos was overheard pledging to sue Neil for £millions over alleged breach of contract. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Tim Walker / @thattimwalker: Ultimately, it's never about genuine political convictions for this mob and certainly not the good of the country. It always comes down to money. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Henry Dyer / @direthoughts: “Staff said one issue is that the station never enacted a plan to let him present his show from home studios at his bases in the south of France and New York.” https://twitter.com/...
@trevorw1953: Is the writing on the wall for GB News? 'Many fear their station will be swiftly outgunned by a more professional Murdoch product, which at least in part seems to have been launched to exploit GB News's failures.' https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ian Fraser / @ian_fraser: Less than a month after launching GB news as chairman, Andrew Neil hired employment lawyers. One issue was the station refused to let him present his show from home studios at his bases in Grasse, on the French Riviera and NYC's Trump Tower. @jimwaterson https://theguardian.com/...
@stopfundinghate: The “Fox News channel [approach] isn't working and won't work... and it wasn't the right strategy” https://theguardian.com/... #DontFundGBNews
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: Bit more on talkTV: -Murdoch to spend £££ buying slots on Freeview, FreeSat, Sky, Virgin -GB News seems to have shown a gap in the market for something similar but done professionally -Built out of talkRadio TV, so expect a lot of cancel culture coverage https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox's Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch saw lower pay in 2021; Rupert's package was valued at $31.1M, down from $34M in 2020, and Lachlan's at $27.7M, down from $29.1M — Rupert and Lachlan, along with other top Fox executives, agreed to cut their base Fox Corp. salaries during the pandemic.
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Variety, @jeffjarvis, @waskov6, @rexchapman, @kimmasters, @alexweprin, Deadline, The Wrap and nexttv.com
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch's Fox Corp. Compensations Decrease to $31M and $27M
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Where'd I put my violin? Variety: Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch's Fox Corp. Compensations Decrease to $31M and $27M. https://variety.com/... via @GoogleNews
Dan Wasserman / @waskov6: Imagine if the @NYPost hadn't finally made a profit https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: Here's an interesting twist: Some Fox stockholders are asking to convert Fox into a “Public Benefit Corporation” so that “threats” like “misinformation” can “be prioritized.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline: Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch Earned $31.1M In FY2021, CEO Lachlan $27.7M; Down From Year Ago
Brian Welk / The Wrap: Rupert Murdoch's Fiscal 2021 Pay Dips to $31.1 Million, Lachlan's Slips to $27.7 Million
Jon Lafayette / nexttv.com: Murdochs See Lower Total Compensation for Fiscal 2021 at Fox
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
A wide-ranging interview with Jon Stewart, ahead of the launch of his biweekly current affairs series, The Problem With Jon Stewart, on Sept. 30 on Apple TV+ — He understands if you are delighted by his return to TV. But like the subjects he'll cover on Apple's 'The Problem With Jon Stewart …
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@laceyvrose, @vot3blue2021, @portiamcgonagal, @note0157h7, @jayrosen_nyu, @meredithblake, @anthony, @thatrebecca, @thr, @thr, @thr, @thr, @thr, Insider, Insider, Mediaite and New York Post
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@laceyvrose: Yes, this conversation got “spiky” (to quote the great @ThatRebecca) but I think it also got honest and deep in ways I hadn't anticipated, and I only wish it could have continued for another 2.5 hours. https://twitter.com/...
@vot3blue2021: The Daily Show helped me and my wife get through three tours in Iraq. His tireless advocacy for veterans and first responders is legendary. I am so excited for @AppleTV's The Problem with @jonstewart!! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
@portiamcgonagal: Marginalized communities who have been subjected to this shit forever TOLD America. But too many YT people's favorites “didn't see it” and here we are. We warned people and they showed their whole a**. “...and what he got wrong about Donald Trump.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
@note0157h7: Remember him comparing Code Pink to the Tea Party goons on the basis that they used disruptive tactics, while ignoring that they were protesting the Iraq war? https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: I'm not expecting the Daily Show reborn, and I wish Jon Stewart all the earthly contentments, but reading about his new show for Apple TV does not inspire confidence. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... I think he's at risk for ‘both sides’ disease. Remember the “rally for sanity?” I do.
Meredith Blake / @meredithblake: Jon Stewart comes across as very thin-skinned in this piece. Asking about representation in the writers room is a basic part of the job when you cover TV in 2021. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: “If The Daily Show was the weather report, I thought maybe it'd be interesting to do something that was [about] the climate.” - @jonstewart https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Rebecca Keegan / @thatrebecca: “I don't feel like this show is exculpatory for my past. I'm not apologizing for what was. I don't feel like I'm answering to anything.” Boy, Jon Stewart gets spiky in this @laceyvrose cover. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
@thr: .@JonStewart on why he left #TheDailyShow: “It didn't feel like I was singing as joyful a song as I wanted to be singing ... I had wonderful moments at the show, and I didn't feel it was a burden. I just didn't know what else to do with it"https://thr.cm/i6aJrKe
@thr: .@JonStewart is new to Twitter but insists it's not for him. “Twitter is an open mic that never shuts off. It's like if the Cellar never shut down and the audience never left ... I don't know that I'll ever feel comfortable with that https://thr.cm/i6aJrKe https://twitter.com/...
@thr: @jonstewart “I got a little mad scientisty with it,” @JonStewart says of his scrapped animation project. “We reached a point where we were like, ‘OK, who has the job of taking Old Yeller out behind the barn?’” https://thr.cm/i6aJrKe
@thr: Before signing off of #TheDailyShow, @JonStewart called Donald Trump a comedic “gift from the gods,” but in hindsight Stewart reflects on what he got wrong: “His shamelessness is what made him dangerous ... It made him the perfect vessel” https://thr.cm/i6aJrKe https://twitter.com/...
@thr: .@JonStewart reflects on the start of his career as Butt Crack Guy on MTV. “That's obviously a part of me, too, but you hope that your career is an ongoing evolution,” he says, adding that there will be some of that in @TheProblem, but so much more, too https://thr.cm/i6aJrKe https://twitter.com/...
Grace Panetta / Insider: Jon Stewart says he initially dismissed how Trump's ‘shamelessness’ made him ‘dangerous’
Grace Panetta / Insider: Jon Stewart explains he's not on Twitter because it's like ‘Rotten Tomatoes for your soul’
Osita Nwanevu / Columbia Journalism Review:
As the reach of online national political writing has grown, recent elections plus Pew polling raise questions about who and what punditry is meant for — Not long ago, the prevailing opinion among political writers was that Joe Biden would probably never be president.
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@craignewmark, @cjr, @chameauleon, @ositanwanevu, @qjurecic, @cjr, @willoremus, @zachwritesstuff, @mathewi, @cjr, @cjr, @mathewi and @zachwritesstuff
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Craig Newmark / @craignewmark: Morsels of rage and misery don't have much political effect, but they do feed an online writing economy. By Osita Nwanevu https://www.cjr.org/... via @cjr
@cjr: For the Reset issue, Osita Nwanevu asks who online political writing is really for https://www.cjr.org/...
Camille Bromley / @chameauleon: The morsels of rage and misery found in most political writing doesn't change politics. What it does is feed an online writing economy, writes Osita Nwanevu for @CJR's new issue. https://www.cjr.org/...
Osita Nwanevu / @ositanwanevu: I wrote about writing. https://www.cjr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Quinta Jurecic / @qjurecic: this from @OsitaNwanevu depressingly and, I think, correctly diagnoses a lot of the failures of contemporary political writing, though I am less optimistic about the promises of newsletters as a form https://www.cjr.org/...
@cjr: “It's true that the health of a democracy depends upon the state of its journalism. But the relationship also works the other way: the state of journalism depends upon the health of democracy.” https://www.cjr.org/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: @mathewi Osita is one of my favorite writers and absolutely belongs w/ Serwer and Bouie in the category of thoughtful political journalists he proposes here. But I also think you could make a similar argument—that it doesn't change much on its own—about pretty much anything.
Zachary Siegel / @zachwritesstuff: I know Osita is on a Twitter break but dang, he's such a good writer.
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: @WillOremus True, I guess — you could say writing of any kind rarely changes things. But I think he puts his finger on some of the aspects that have arguably made the problem worse
@cjr: “The outcome of the 2020 Democratic primary and Biden's ascent to the presidency raise deep, existential questions about who & what political punditry—and online political writing in particular—is supposed to be for.” Osita Nwanevu for the politics issue: https://www.cjr.org/...
@cjr: “Our pieces share space in news feeds with television content, viral misinformation, & armchair punditry from ordinary people who have come to believe, rightly, that they can bloviate about campaigns and political happenings about as well as most pundits.” https://www.cjr.org/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: “The morsels of rage and misery we offer might not have much political effect, but they do feed an online writing economy that rewards speed, quantity, and deference to algorithms” says Osita Nwanevu https://www.cjr.org/...
Zachary Siegel / @zachwritesstuff: “Exploratory writing—ruminative, tentative—is simply a riskier bet than tidy, punchy, reductive, and nut-graph-ready arguments destined to be skimmed by a predictable subset of a subset of the public before disappearing into the Web..” -Osita Nwanevu https://www.cjr.org/...
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
The dismantling of digital advertising based on personal data and cookies is reshaping revenue plans for ad and tech industries, publishers, and small companies — As Apple and Google enact privacy changes, businesses are grappling with the fallout, Madison Avenue is fighting back and Facebook has cried foul.
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Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: Apple decided to destroy online ads businesses on its platform in the name of privacy. Google has been pressured to follow suit. Tech media slowly realizes lots of businesses are and will be hurt not just Facebook as their initial reporting claimed. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Parker / @pt: This is all part of Apple's master plan. If they can make small businesses non-viable in America, they'll have a ready labor supply when unemployed voters elect a populist that makes them to onshore their forced-labor manufacturing. 10D chess. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Drieke Leenknegt / Kouch Culture: [KC] DEBRIEF WEEK 37 FRIDAY 09/17
Joe Favorito / @joefav: Important read from @bxchen in @nytimes on the changing privacy laws & issues with consumer data for brands & platforms going forward. Says 1 “answer” is more subscriptions. umm...no. lol. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Omer Tene / @omertene: NYT leads today with a story about privacy and the imminent disruption to the ad ecosystem. With Apple and Google tightening rules, pain will be felt across the Internet. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Adam Rose / @adjoro: Senate Bill 98 deserves a signature from @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom to protect reporters from arrest when they're just doing their job. Here's the case from @juliepatel and me. I'm proud to stand with her and a huge statewide coalition in support of #SB98. https://www.mercurynews.com/ ...
@nytimes: As internet titans enact privacy changes and dismantle the digital ad industry, a battle is intensifying that will reshape the “free and open web.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Marta L. Tellado / @mltellado: Terrific encapsulation by @bxchen of what's at stake for consumers in battle for the future of the internet. A $350B digital ad industry that lives off of buying & selling of consumer data w/o consent. Permission should need to be granted by default. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Benjamin Din / Politico: AT&T v. FCC in spectrum face-off
Privacy Matters / @privacymatters: “If personal information is no longer the currency that people give for online content and services, something else must take its place.” <your information. your privacy. should never be ‘currency’ https://www.nytimes.com/...
Paul Bannister / @pbannist: “Privacy is a human right” is a total cover for “Apple needs to grow its services business and defend against losing its search revenue from Google” https://digiday.com/...
@carissaveliz: Exploiting personal #data for profit is a business model with an expiry date. It's too toxic for society. Companies depending on personalised #ads better start looking for an alternative model if they want to survive the next decade. #privacy #surveillance https://www.nytimes.com/...
@brave: “Website creators may eventually choose sides, so some sites that work well in Google's browser might not even load in Apple's browser. It will be a tale of two internets,” said @BrendanEich. Story: The Battle for Digital Privacy Is Reshaping the Internet https://www.nytimes.com/...
Garett Sloane / Ad Age: What Apple's iPhone update means for the ad industry
Steven Perlberg / Insider:
NYT's daily newsletter The Morning has 5M+ readers on average, will launch Saturday and Sunday editions, and add two more staff for a total of eight — - Written by David Leonhardt, The Morning newsletter has more than 5 million daily readers on average. — The newsletter's team is set …
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Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: With 5 million+ daily readers, @dleonhardt's The Morning newsletter is the new Daily — a huge, influential New York Times product that's been wildly successful and also internally controversial https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Mike Lizun / @mikelizun: Newsletters, ecommerce, and streaming...the growth engines for media right now. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Welsh / @palewire: Another example of the sea change in newspaperland. The highest status jobs in the middle ranks, the jobs that draw top talent like @DLeonhardt, are no longer foreign postings, columns or running print sections. They're leading digital products like podcasts and newsletters. https://twitter.com/...
Amy Fiscus / @amyfiscus: It's true! I am thrilled to join The Morning and help bring @nytimes to more people. More on that from @perlberg https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@nytimespr: We're thrilled to announce that @amyfiscus is joining The Morning newsletter team. Amy will oversee the launch of our new weekend editions in coming months and will help lead the entire Morning operation. https://www.nytco.com/...
Eliot Brown / @eliotwb: Well this is fascinating Leonhardt says he tries to debunk alarmism re Covid Some staff are irked https://twitter.com/...
Josh Barro / @jbarro: David's COVID coverage has been much more sensible than a lot of what comes out of the paper's news pages, so I understand why that would be controversial internally. https://twitter.com/...
Lucia Moses / @lmoses: ‘The Morning’ has become one of the NYT's most influential properties. So naturally it's ruffled some feathers: https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... via @perlberg
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: >> @DLeonhardt: “One principle that's guided our coverage is that bad news and good news deserve similar weight. And sometimes those of us in journalism - as well as some experts - have a bias toward bad news. ‘The Morning’ tries to avoid that.” https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
How the money in song publishing rights and the Blurred Lines lawsuit have led artists like Olivia Rodrigo to give “interpolation credits” to avoid lawsuits — We are trying something a little different on this episode of Decoder — we're doing a little crossover …
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@pettipoole: Excellent interview if you're interested in songwriting credits, publishing, and how all the rules are being rewritten by tech and the courts https://www.theverge.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Yes, we made a Decoder episode about Olivia Rodrigo and the explosion of songwriting controversies in the past few years. As with everything, you can blame Robin Thicke. Also, we played Stairway. Really fun episode with @charlieharding: https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bora / @modooborahae: ahhh this was such a fascinating episode about interpolation, royalties and the music industry. also this tidbit: 1 or 2 hit songs in US radio = you're able to retire. ($ from songs played on the radio go to the people who hold the publishing royalties, who are songwriters). https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / Platformer:
One year in, Casey Newton has doubled his Substack subscribers to ~50K, of which <10% convert to paid; Discord and Twitter are effective for attracting readers — A year ago, I quit the best job I ever had to start Platformer. Today I wanted to tell you all how it's going, what I've learned …
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Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: I really appreciated @CaseyNewton's review of a year of Substack — I share some of the same observations, but it's a good reminder that newsletters can have the same format and work really differently (my Q&As are some of my most popular posts, for ex.) https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: My math might be off, but as far as I can tell, Casey is probably pulling in at least $250,000 a year, which is pretty good! He's worth it https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Kinsey Grant / @kinseygrant: I audibly said “ugh YES” no fewer than four times reading this, @CaseyNewton. such an honest account of creator independence (good, bad, ugly) https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Rohit Kaul / @seekingn0rth: Ppl come for the author's reputation and stay for the community seems to be the next wave of newsletter growth. Similar sentiments echoed by @mariogabriele and @lennysan in the past. By @CaseyNewton. Link: https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Scire / @sarahscire: absolutely worth a read: @CaseyNewton on what he's learned after a year at Substack “Being captured by the audience is probably my greatest fear about running a newsletter over the long term.” https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Esther Kezia Thorpe / @estherkeziat: Some fascinating insights here from @CaseyNewton on what's worked for him after a year as a solo publisher on Substack (including the fact that his interviews, even the big ones with Zuck etc, just don't convert subscribers!) https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Scire / @sarahscire: “The only way a Substack grows is through tweets. I am like 85 percent serious when I say this ... The only thing that ever moves the needle is some screenshot of a paid blog post getting 500 likes.”
Siobhan O'Connor / @siobhannyc: This is very interesting, in part because it's not that surprising. Existing audience and product market fit and scoopy journalism have been the keys to Platformer's success. https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Platy Hsu / Platy's Web Excursions: Web Excursions 2021-09-17 — How the Real Jane Roe Shaped the Abortion Wars
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: “In my conversations, I was struck over and over again at how little journalists value their own work — in large part, I think, because their bosses have taught them to.” - @CaseyNewton https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Dave Ambrose / @daveambrose: “The only way a Substack grows is through tweets. I am like 85% serious when I say this. The only thing that ever moves the needle is some screenshot of a paid blog post getting 500 likes.” 👀 Revue + Twitter, @Post_Market https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Ryan Broderick / @broderick: This observation on Discord power users from @CaseyNewton's great one-year @platformer is so real. https://www.platformer.news/ ... I'm also not sure how you fix this, but I suspect it's some kind of magic combo of small, focused channels, good user onboarding, and really active mods. https://twitter.com/...
Mohamed Nanabhay / @mohamed: Nice post by @CaseyNewton on moving from a news org to solo org : - primary growth outlet for newsletter is Twitter - conversion rate from free to paid lower than 10% but higher than 5% - community on Discord a win - beat subjects still take his calls https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: Here it is: what I learned my first year running a business. It has its challenges, but y'all made my dream come true. Thanks to every single one of you who signed up for @platformer. I hope the info here empowers others to consider an independent path https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Elana Zak / @elanazak: Good peek inside what it's like to leave a journalism outlet and start your own Substack (when you already have a large list. https://twitter.com/...
Adrian Hon / @adrianhon: I would love to see Discord et al add a feature that tells people: “Hey, it looks like you're one of the most talkative people in this channel. Channels are healthier when everyone gets a chance to chat!” https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@choire: Congratulations to @CaseyNewton on his first year of subscriber-supported entrepreneurship! I love to pay him my money. https://www.platformer.news/ ...
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